Transcripts For MSNBC On Assignment With Richard Engel 20240

MSNBC On Assignment With Richard Engel July 7, 2024

Russian troops could not capture it. Kyiv held strong. The government survived. And ukrainians bounced back, determined to enjoy the city that they have denied russia. Kyiv feels like a city that dodged a bullet. Despite overwhelming odds, Russian Troops could not capture it. Kyiv held strong. The government survived. And ukrainians bounced back, determined to enjoy the city that they have denied russia. This is the ukrainian capital just months after russia invaded. Going out in kyiv became an act of defiance, a middle finger to vladimir putin. Russia did not kill kyiv. It showed the city how to live again. They are thankful here because they know what could have happened russia failed to take kyiv. When it did occupy the citys suburbs. And horrible things happened here. No. Youve got past me once and twice tenyearold andriy lived just outside kyiv. One, two, three. Four and then five. I met him weeks after his mother and father were married in murdered in front of him. Andre doesnt talk about it much. You have been through a lot, how are you doing, how do you feel . [speaking nonenglish] how do you like living with tanya . How is it in the new house . [speaking nonenglish] tanya is andriys sister. Tenyearold andriy lived just outside kyiv. One, two, three. Four and then five. I met him weeks after his mother and father were married in murdered in front of him. Andre doesnt talk about it much. You have been through a lot, how are you doing, how do you feel . [speaking nonenglish] how do you like living with tanya . How is it in the new house . [speaking nonenglish] tanya is andriys sister. She is now mom to. With a daughter of her own, the 26yearold has become his legal guardian. [speaking nonenglish] before the war, andriy was in the fourth grade and liked school. [speaking nonenglish] [speaking nonenglish] andriy, talk after his that, mikhailo, who also love sports. [speaking nonenglish] andriys mother, oksana was a preschool teacher. [speaking nonenglish] when the war started, andriy was at home with his parents. They were parchment is up on the top floor. [speaking nonenglish] [speaking nonenglish] when the war started, andriy was at home with his parents. They were parchment is up on the top floor. [speaking nonenglish] as the Russian Troops arrived in the suburbs of kyiv, andriy and his parents fled. They drove 60 miles north to a small village, where andriys have a farm. They thought they would be safe in such a remote place. [speaking nonenglish] [speaking nonenglish] but soon enough, the russians closed in on the farm as well [speaking nonenglish] so, the family tried to escape again. The grandparents left in one car. Andriy, his mother, father, and uncle followed behind. [speaking nonenglish] [speaking nonenglish] one of the russian tanks andriy saw swerved into their car and crushed it. [speaking nonenglish] [speaking nonenglish] still alive, andriy said he waved his hand through the roof of the mangled car. [speaking nonenglish] [speaking nonenglish] still alive, andriy said he waved his hand through the roof of the mangled car. For some reason, the same russians who had just driven over the car, saw andriys hand and pulled him out. But then they sprayed the car with bullets. With andriys mother, father and Uncle Still Inside [speaking nonenglish] [speaking nonenglish] [speaking nonenglish] [speaking nonenglish] their murders are just one of over 30,000 alleged Russian War Crimes documented by ukrainian investigators. Even war has rules. It is legal illegal to deliberately targeting civilians or bomb hospitals and schools or other sites with no military purpose. But that is exactly what russia is doing. [speaking nonenglish] [speaking nonenglish] this nine year old boy survived rushes home assault on his hometown and kept a diary. These are soldiers . And they are shooting . [speaking nonenglish] what about this . Did you see a dead person on the street . Did you see any bodies . [speaking nonenglish] as Russian Troops stormed the city, the boys family huddled together, enjoying the harsh winter, without heat or water. He drew the destruction of mariupol as he saw it. As the family was hiding, a Russian Missile slammed into his home. [speaking nonenglish] his grandfather was trying to hold a door shot. He took the brunt of the explosion. [speaking nonenglish] yegor injured his back in the blast andwrote it all down in his diary. His first entry was simply titled, war. Trying to make sense of all the tragedies around him, and all the death, he drew his grandfather with angel wings. , big enough to fly him to heaven. This is my beloved city of mariupol since the war began, he wrote. [speaking nonenglish] [speaking nonenglish] [noise] on another page, he wrote, i tried to sleep on my own but i was scared of the noise. I want to leave this place so much. But help was coming but. Yegors uncle, you have any smuggled out pictures of his diary and published them online. [speaking nonenglish] inspired by yegors story, a network of activists arranged for a Daring Rescue to get the family out of mariupol. When safe, the families met by president zelenskyy. Yegor drew the violence he saw all around him. And he tried to make sense of it in his way. Through the eyes of a nine year old tanya lived in bucha for years. The suburb is just a 15minute drive from kyiv. Ukrainians once moved here for the better schools, to have a backyard, and for better quality of life. Upts my skin. Despite treatment it disrupts my skin with itch. It disrupts my skin with rash. But now, i can disrupt eczema with rinvoq. Rinvoq is not a steroid, topical, or injection. Its one pill, once a day, thats effective without topical steroids. Many taking rinvoq saw clear or almostclear skin while some saw up to 100 clear skin. 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Bucha was a strategic place. It sits right on kyivs doorstep, and the russians knew, if they could take this suburb, they had a Straight Path into the capital soldiers led civilians in the courtyards at gunpoint. [speaking nonenglish] and executed them. For nearly ten days, tanya and her neighbor son head in a nearby seller. [speaking nonenglish] [speaking nonenglish] the soldier lead tanya into an empty house nearby. [speaking nonenglish] [speaking nonenglish] [speaking nonenglish] [speaking nonenglish] [speaking nonenglish] tanya never told the police. [speaking nonenglish] [speaking nonenglish] theyre 150 documented cases of rape in ukraine when survivors actually went to the police. The soldier lead tanya into an empty house nearby. [speaking nonenglish] [speaking nonenglish] [speaking nonenglish] [speaking nonenglish] [speaking nonenglish] tanya never told the police. [speaking nonenglish] [speaking nonenglish] theyre 150 documented cases of rape in ukraine when survivors actually went to the police. The United Nations says, thats just the extreme tip of the iceberg. And for president zelenskyy, the stories dont get any easier to hear. We spoke with a 57 year old ukrainian woman who was raped by a russian soldier and she says that she told him, i could be your mother, im old enough to be your mother, but that he wouldnt stop. You must have heard stories like these. [speaking nonenglish] why do you think this is happening . That there are now thousands of allegations of Russian War Crimes here . Thousands of them . Thousands. Why. A very difficult question. I think that is not even a question. That is something that was something was broken with the mentality, with them. And he thinks that mentality is why the cemeteries outside kyiv are filled with victims of russias rampage. Jelena and andriys and daughter and only child, katrina, was just 22 years old. [speaking nonenglish] [speaking nonenglish] karina moved to bucha after high school, when the russians took over the area, karinas parents decided to evacuate. They pleaded with their daughter to leave too as well. But she decided to stay. The last time karina was seen alive, she was in this courtyard. The russians used it for interrogations and executions. This was a terrible place. The russians had set this up as an Operating Base and many, many civilians were killed here. Two witnesses say that karina were standing here right by these laundrie lines, talking to some russian soldiers and then, in the middle of this conversation, a more senior russian soldier arrives, and all of a sudden, shoots karina in the leg. [speaking nonenglish] valerie lives in an apartment off the courtyard. He saw the russian officers shoot karina in the leg. And then said, when an elderly couple ran up to help her, the same officer shot both of them dead and off karina. This was that couple. Natalia and i viktor. [speaking nonenglish] [speaking nonenglish] investigative journalist dimitri o is on a mission to track down as many russian were criminals as possible, including the officer who murdered carina and the couple. The officer didnt have any motive to kill these young people. Because they only tried to save the life of this carina. Why where the russian troop socialists callous . So brutal . Maybe they are drunk. Maybe they think that after this, they will save russian nation and they will save the world. But i understand. I know for sure that there is no motive to kill civilians and its definitely war crimes. Russian troops turned bucha into a Killing Field for 33 days. And until Ukrainian Forces pushed them out, allowing the world to see what tanya, karina and thousands of others had endured. The evidence of war crimes was undeniable. President zelenskyy said the scenes he witnessed they are amounted to genocide. Ukrainian prosecutors and police began to identify remains. They told jelena and andriy that they had found the body of a girl. Her parents recognized karina by her tattoos. [speaking nonenglish] [speaking nonenglish] [speaking nonenglish] investigative investigators investigative journalist Dmytro Marchuk becoming a Morning Person starts the night before with new Neuriva Relax and sleep. It has ltheanine to help me relax from daily stress. Plus, Shoden Ashwagandha for quality sleep. So i can wake up refreshed. Neuriva think bigger. Welcome to allstate where anyone who bundles their home and Auto Insurance saves. Isnt that right phil . Sorry, im a little busy. What in the world are you doing . Im in the metaverse, bundling my home and Auto Insurance. Why dont you just do that in the real world . Um, because now i can bundle in space. Watch this. 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When tired, achy feet make your whole body want to stop, its dr. Scholls time. Our insoles are designed with unique massaging gel waves, for allday comfort and energy. Find your relief in store or online. [speaking nonenglish] investigative investigators investigative journalist Dmytro Marchuk spends nearly every day in kyiv summers. Hes gathering evidence, armed with a flip book he asked ukrainians who witnessed russian atrocities if they recognize any faces. [speaking nonenglish] i was impressed by the book. He made it by combing through thousands of pages of russian social media and then matching profiles to witness descriptions and information recovered from phones and tablets that russian soldiers had carelessly left behind. This soldier this man just recognized and you have name, identifying marks. Multiple witness identifications here. And a selfie that he took on a phone. Yes, and also, we find him in social media. And i know for sure that he is who can describe who killed civilians. Why do you think this is happening . I think they tried to make a genocide against ukrainian nation. Maybe they are so under high russian propaganda, because russian propaganda worked against ukrainian nation for eight years, maybe more than eight years. Ukraine shares a border with russia. But crossing it now is like entering a new, darker and twisted reality. We independent media has been shot back and thousands of opponents of the war have been arrested. Allegations of war crimes are not just denied by russia. Suspected War Criminals are being celebrated. This is colonel Opposite Beck who not back of. Ukrainians have dubbed him the butcher of bucha. According to prosecutors, Azatbek Omurbekovs unit was responsible for many of the murders in kyiv suburbs. He has been sanctioned for crimes against humanity. Putin, russias commanderinchief, promoted Azatbek Omurbekov and commended his unit for their mass heroism, protecting the fatherland. Russian state tv has amplified the kremlins messaging, pumping out disinformation, including claims that the civilians executed in bucha were just paid actors, playing dead. [speaking nonenglish] or that they were killed by the ukrainians themselves [speaking nonenglish] russian propaganda doesnt have to be consistent or accurate. [speaking nonenglish] [speaking nonenglish] and none of this is new. Propaganda kills. When hate becomes official policy, war crimes follow. [speaking nonenglish] from nazi germanys Dehumanizing Campaign against jews, and other enemies of the master race, to rwanda, where politicians and the mass media labeled to seize, an ethnic minority, cockroaches. 800,000 of them were killed them were killed. To bosnia where, a campaign of hate against muslims lead to 8000 murders in srebrenica. And now to ukraine, where russias propaganda is proving effective, with devastating consequences. The use of propaganda has a long tradition in russia. But since the ukraine invasion, it has flown into overdrive. And it starts early children are taught to fight for their nation. And for putin himself, Known Affectionately as uncle don vova. [speaking nonenglish] the letter z, the emblem of russias invasion, has become a symbol of pride. But not all russians are buying it. Several hundred thousand have left the country since the war began, with journalists, writers, artists and musicians leading the way. You mentioned this amazing word, propaganda. And i am afraid that most of the country, at least a lot of it, of russia, have fallen under its spell at the moment. Rock legend boris kremenchuk of is often called russias bob dylan. But after criticizing the Crane Invasion his music was blacklisted. This war is obscene and deranged and the people who started it are criminals in all possible senses of the word. And i still hold this opinion. Boris grebenchikov and hes banned aquarium or Household Names in russia. He weighs more or less free to express hi

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